Facebook launches fundraising campaign to fight Ebola
Howard Lake | 7 November 2014 | News
Facebook’s Fight Ebola appeal appears in users’ news feeds
Facebook’s Fight Ebola appeal supports three charities
Health education
The Facebook Fight Ebola fundraising appeal is one of three initiatives being launched by the company. It is collaborating with UNICEF to show information on Ebola symptoms and treatment to people in affected and neighbouring regions on Facebook. The messages from UNICEF will appear in the News Feed in the appropriate local language, and focus on Ebola detection, prevention and treatment.
Facebook’s Fight Ebola campaign includes health messages from UNICEF targeted to people in affected regions.
Voice and data services for aid workers
The company is also working with NetHope, a consortium of 41 leading international NGOs, to provide voice and data communications services to medical and aid workers in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It is donating 100 mobile satellite communication terminals to enable this.Zuckerbergs’ donation
Last month Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan made personal donations of $25m to the CDC Foundation to help in the fight against Ebola. These three new services and donations from the company are in addition to this. Here is his announcement on Facebook of the company’s latest donations:Post by Mark Zuckerberg.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.